Okowa presents N71bn supplementary budget to Delta assembly

Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State, on Tuesday, sent a supplementary appropriation bill of N71 billion to the state House of Assembly for legislative approval.

The supplementary appropriation bill, read by the Deputy Speaker, Ochor Ochor, who chaired the plenary, had the sum of N5.6 billion for recurrent expenditure, N65.5 billion for capital expenditure for the 2023.

The governor in the letter said there has been actual and projected increase in some fiscal receipts.